The electronic cigarette, or e-cig for short, is a smoke-free alternative to tobacco cigarettes. E-cigarettes are vaporizers used in place of traditional cigarettes – unlike a dry herb vape, which is used for cannabis. E-cigarettes heat nicotine-infused liquid into a vapor that only has a few traces from the 60-plus carcinogens typically found in cigarette [...][Continue Reading...]

Research on e-cigarettes has come leaps and bounds recently, with many experts advocating that they hardly pose a risk – in fact just 5% compared to smoking. However, we know there is still the opinion that e-cigarettes are a mere fad. This completely negates the idea that they are an effective smoking cessation tool, as [...][Continue Reading...]

The vapor industry is constantly evolving, and so are the politics surrounding it. Vaporizers have caused hot political debates since they became popular. Vape enthusiasts, many of whom are former cigarette smokers, are especially passionate about preserving their rights and the freedom to vape. On the other side of the debate are politicians and groups [...][Continue Reading...]

No matter where you go in the world, tobacco is big business. It’s estimated that the number of smokers alive today exceeds 1.1 billion people – that’s more than one in seven of every man, woman and child walking the earth. As staggering as that number is, it’s expected to grow by another 500 million [...][Continue Reading...]

The marketing team over at Njoy has put together a great infographic showing the history of the e-cigarette. We previously wrote about a patent filed in the 60’s, but it appears the history of the electronic cigarette dates even further back! [Continue Reading...]

California was set to become one of the many states regulating electronic cigarettes — until a few days ago, when a state senate bill that would have regulated e-cigarettes failed in committee. The failure was triggered by committee members making a change which resulted in the bill’s author abandoning it entirely. The change that resulted [...][Continue Reading...]

There is trouble in the land of the free. The vaping industry has been shell-shocked by division and controversy in wake of the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA‘s) publication of their proposed e-cigarette regulations. First introduced last year, the proposed regulations have been met with opposition from American vapers and producers, and this opposition [...][Continue Reading...]

The use of electronic cigarettes has been increasing throughout the United States, as people look for cessation methods and alternatives to traditional smoking. Unfortunately, this new activity, most commonly known as vaping, has not yet been fully embraced by the public; the majority of non-smokers and smokers alike, may have unanswered questions and possibly incorrect [...][Continue Reading...]

Electronic cigarette companies and electronic cigarette users were astounded by a French court ruling earlier this week which effectively classified electronic cigarettes as tobacco products. The situation in France is very different to that in other European countries because the tobacco cigarette industry is effectively a state monopoly with the government working in tandem with [...][Continue Reading...]

In response to this article named 9 Terribly Disturbing Things About Electronic Cigarettes posted on HuffingtonPost.com, we decided to clear up some of this mis-information being spread by the media. 1. E-cigarettes contain toxic chemicals. This is based on the 2009 FDA report which found trace amounts of toxins in ONE sample. This report has [...][Continue Reading...]

It a rather backwards progression, it seems electronic cigarettes will be banned in Universities and Colleges in the UK before they are banned on High School grounds. Apparently teachers and profs believe the fake fags, as the Brits call them, as a gateway drug. I assume they are speaking only of the e-cigs with nicotine [...][Continue Reading...]

Ever since the electronic cigarette has gained popularity in the United States, many legislators have viewed the product as a ploy for big tobacco to circumvent current anti-smoking laws. But the truth is that it has only been recently since tobacco companies have taken interest in the new tobacco product. And does it really matter [...][Continue Reading...]

Just like anything you take into your body, there are going to be controversies and regulations imposed. As sales of eCigs soar in the United States and Europe there are many research engines running tests to help determine whether eCigs are good or bad for your health. Government Regulations The latest ruling from the FDA [...][Continue Reading...]

Below is a message from Bill Godshall, Director at Smokefree Pennsylvania: The FDA will hold a public hearing December 17 at Silver Spring, MD (and requests written comments) “on FDA consideration of applicable approval mechanisms and additional indications for nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs), and to request input on a report to Congress examining the regulation and development [...][Continue Reading...]

On the 11/13/12 episode of Tosh.0 on Comedy Central, the host Daniel Tosh uses an e-cigarette. In his Web Redemption skit for a woman who stole money from a couple of Girl Scouts, he says he quit smoking using one. And later even referenced it like he was craving his e-cig. Although Daniel likely is not [...][Continue Reading...]

To further the objective of spreading knowledge of electronic cigarettes to every smoker on the planet, we are opening up our blog to allow for guest bloggers. We do not want strictly promotional blogs, but rather relevant opinion and news about electronic cigarettes themselves or the current happenings in the e-cig industry. This is not [...][Continue Reading...]

The World Health Organization recently release a report on electronic cigarettes or ENDS (electronic nicotine Delivery Systems) as they call them. In the report (read the full report) they state: It should be noted that ENDS are products resembling cigarettes and could therefore undermine the denormalization of tobacco use upheld by the WHO FCTC. One [...][Continue Reading...]

The list of actors and actresses using electronic cigarettes is getting longer. First their was Leonardo Dicaprio, then there was Katherine Heigl, then Johnny Depp in The Tourist, and now Twilight star Robert Pattinson has been caught vaping. Although not the first sighting, Robert was seen puffing away on his e-cig at the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards. [...][Continue Reading...]

Using the term “quit smoking” seems to be comparable to “curing cancer” in the eyes of government health agencies (FDA, CDC, Health Canada, UK Dept. of Health, WHO, etc) as well as many of the public health organizations (Tobacco Free Kids, American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, etc). So is there a difference between claiming [...][Continue Reading...]